AltWeeklies Wire
A Worker's Life Under H&R Blocknew
Tax season is over and you know how much you're getting back. Some workers at H&R Block wish they could say that about their wages.
East Bay Express |
Steve Koppman |
04-17-2008 |
Business & Labor
The Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility Takes on Everything from GMOs to Greenhouse Gasesnew
The group was born out of Apartheid South Africa and a group of Protestant shareholders who asked General Motors to reconsider its extensive investment in the country. Executive director Laura Berry talks to us about the ensuing 37 years, and how they group uses shareholder power to influence a host of issues.
San Antonio Current |
Elaine Wolff |
04-16-2008 |
Business & Labor
Olympic Torch Protesters Pump Money Into SF Economynew
"Any event that brings people to San Francisco is going to be good ultimately for the economic base of the city," said David Perry, the city's spokesman for the official Olympic event. "This is a capitalist society. I'm sure there are people making all kinds of T-shirts and tchotchkes, authorized or not."
SF Weekly |
Lauren Smiley |
04-10-2008 |
Business & Labor
Do SEIU Leaders Have It In for Dissenter Sal Rosselli?new
Operatives of the union's president Andy Stern are using their money and organizing clout in a hard-hitting campaign -- not to force an employer to the table or to toss out an anti-union politician, but to discredit another labor leader.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
J.B. Powell |
04-09-2008 |
Business & Labor
Citizen Activism Against Oil & Gas Drilling Gains Steamnew
With the price of oil and gas skyrocketing it is now profitable to drill for the last remaining deposits in Texas. The Texas Railroad Commission is a willing helpmate to the industry, allowing the proliferation of oil and gas drills across Texas without regard to the impact on Texans, and many are fighting back.
The Texas Observer |
Rusty Middleton |
04-09-2008 |
Business & Labor
No Accounting for (No) Ethicsnew
When did American corporations adopt piracy as their code of business?
Fort Worth Weekly |
Jack Cole |
04-04-2008 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Verizon and its Employees Struggle to Communicatenew
Dissatisfaction rumbles among the company's 13,000 Massachusetts employees, some of whom want to form a union.
Dig Boston |
Cara Bayles |
04-03-2008 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Free Parking for Sale in San Francisconew
Many say homeless guys who help the city's commuters find street parking provide a valuable service, but others complain that they cause trouble.
SF Weekly |
Ashley Harrell |
04-02-2008 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Drilling in Arkansas: The Shale Gamenew
Money, royalty battles, tax fights, and environmental concerns thicken the plot.
Arkansas Times |
John C. Williams |
03-27-2008 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Is Airbus' Bird Too Big?new
The Air Force's size obsession has already cost Boeing billions. Will taxpayers have to shoulder an equally large burden?
Seattle Weekly |
Mike Seely |
03-24-2008 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
How to Make Billions by Going Greennew
The world's most powerful multinational executives recently converged in California how to go green and still make lots of green while doing so.
Santa Barbara Independent |
Matt Kettmann |
03-24-2008 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Donald T. Sterling's Skid Row Miragenew
The billionaire Clippers owner claims he's creating a major homeless center. He's not, but image is what counts.
L.A. Weekly |
Patrick Range McDonald |
03-21-2008 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Working-Class Strugglenew
Three housekeepers and a day laborer take action against deadbeat employers who abuse immigrants.
SF Weekly |
Matt Smith |
03-19-2008 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
A Payday Lending Exec Wants You to Rethink His Biznew
With targeted philanthropy, and close attention to ethics, Moneytree CEO Dennis Bassford is achieving the unthinkable: overcoming prejudice against the payday lending industry.
Seattle Weekly |
Laura Onstot |
03-18-2008 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Customers Claim AutoNation Lured Them into Bad Loansnew
Fraud cases involving AutoNation dealerships have popped up across the country, and they may be just the tip of a large, treacherous iceberg. The number of auto loan defaults has been growing, and many financial gurus now predict the auto subprime mess will serve as act two of America's current economic tragedy.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Bob Norman |
03-18-2008 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
